Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders, who will come up against each other in Match 5 of VIVO IPL 2018,CSK outclassed defending champions Mumbai Indians in the opening match. Down and out for all counts at one stage in their run-chase, Dwayne Bravo single-handedly turned the match around in favour of his team. The Trinidadian rescued his team from 118-8 in their chase of 166, with a sensational end innings blitz, before an injured Kedar Jadhav – who returned to bat after Bravo was dismissed in the penultimate over – took the team over the line with two boundaries.

Super Kings have lost Kedar Jadhav to a hamstring tear, and are waiting on Faf du Plessis, who has picked up a side strain alongside his finger troubles. Having both of them fortifying the batting with a promoted Dhoni would have been central to their strategy, with the belligerent confidence of Dwayne Bravo to follow. They’ll now be forced to rethink that plan. The good news is, M Vijay, who missed the last game because of a knock to the ribs in training, is set to return

Chennai Super Kings have an outstanding win-loss record at home; they’ve won 33 and lost 14 of the 47 IPL matches they’ve played at the MA Chidambaram Stadium. In fact, CSK have won 11 of the last 12 matches they played at the venue.

Suresh Raina is the only batsman to have scored at least 350 runs in each of the ten previous seasons of the IPL.